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Sabotage Media

Josh Pigford's holding company, which grew out of his early web design consultancy and serves as the legal entity for his side projects.

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ActiveSource [1]Last verified Oct 2, 2026

About Sabotage Media

Sabotage started as a design consultancy formed while Pigford was a design major and became the permanent legal home for the dozens of small products he has launched, sold or shut down.Source [3]Source [1]

Pigford's projects page counts 94 projects since 2003, from link directories and Amazon affiliate sites to SaaS tools, games and a toy company.Source [2]

What happened

Pigford began doing web design consulting in 2003 as Automatik Studios, which morphed into Sabotage Media. Since 2004 Sabotage has served as the shell company for most of his projects apart from Baremetrics, and his site says it still exists as the legal entity for them.Source [2]Source [1]Source [3]

Timeline

  1. 2004Became the shell company for Pigford's projects.Source [1]Source [3]
  2. 2003Automatik Studios, Pigford's web design consultancy, started; it later became Sabotage Media.Source [2]Source [3]

Leadership

Josh PigfordOwnerSource [1]

People on Founded, and where they went next

1 person on record, connected to 5 other companies.

PersonHereAlso built
Josh PigfordFounder2004 to nowKnockoff2026 to nowActiveMaybe2021 to 2025Shut downBaremetrics2013 to 2020AcquiredTemper2011 to 2014AcquiredTheAppleBlog2004 to 2008Acquired

Sources

  1. Sabotage, joshpigford.com. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
  2. Projects, joshpigford.com. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
  3. 50 Projects in 15 Years: Lessons from Josh Pigford, Baremetrics. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.

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